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IN LIVING COLOR (1962)

IN LIVING COLOR (1962)

8-color palette · Warm · Mixed · Complementary harmony

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IN LIVING COLOR (1962)

8-color palette · Warm temperature · Mixed tone · Complementary harmony

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Vibrant 8 colors Warm Mixed Complementary
Likes 8
Colors 8

CSS variables

:root {
  --c-vibrant-1: #600000;
  --c-vibrant-2: #FFA500;
  --c-vibrant-3: #FFFF00;
  --c-vibrant-4: #008000;
  --c-vibrant-5: #0000FF;
  --c-vibrant-6: #EE82EE;
  --c-vibrant-7: #000000;
  --c-vibrant-8: #FFFFFF;
}

About this palette

This 8-color vibrant palette runs from White (#FFFFFF) as its lightest tone to Black (#000000) as its darkest. It blends Spikey Red, Orange, Yellow, Hulk, Blue, Mamie Pink, Black and White into a single set you can drop straight into a UI. Of its 28 color pairings, 12 meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text — the strongest is #000000 on #FFFFFF at 21:1.

A versatile palette suitable for marketing pages, product hero blocks, illustrations, and accent UI states.

Color breakdown

Spikey Red #600000
RGB
rgb(96, 0, 0)
HSL
hsl(0, 100%, 19%)
Luminance
0.025
Orange #FFA500
RGB
rgb(255, 165, 0)
HSL
hsl(39, 100%, 50%)
Luminance
0.482
Yellow #FFFF00
RGB
rgb(255, 255, 0)
HSL
hsl(60, 100%, 50%)
Luminance
0.928
Hulk #008000
RGB
rgb(0, 128, 0)
HSL
hsl(120, 100%, 25%)
Luminance
0.154
Blue #0000FF
RGB
rgb(0, 0, 255)
HSL
hsl(240, 100%, 50%)
Luminance
0.072
Mamie Pink #EE82EE
RGB
rgb(238, 130, 238)
HSL
hsl(300, 76%, 72%)
Luminance
0.403
Black #000000
RGB
rgb(0, 0, 0)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 0%)
Luminance
0.000
White #FFFFFF
RGB
rgb(255, 255, 255)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 100%)
Luminance
1.000

Contrast & accessibility

12 of 28 color pairings meet the WCAG AA contrast threshold (4.5:1) for body text.

Aa #000000 on #FFFFFF 21.00:1 AAA
Aa #FFFF00 on #000000 19.56:1 AAA
Aa #600000 on #FFFFFF 14.02:1 AAA
Aa #600000 on #FFFF00 13.06:1 AAA
Aa #FFA500 on #000000 10.63:1 AAA
Aa #EE82EE on #000000 9.06:1 AAA
Aa #0000FF on #FFFFFF 8.59:1 AAA
Aa #FFFF00 on #0000FF 8.00:1 AAA
Aa #600000 on #FFA500 7.10:1 AAA
Aa #600000 on #EE82EE 6.05:1 AA
Aa #008000 on #FFFFFF 5.14:1 AA
Aa #FFFF00 on #008000 4.78:1 AA
Aa #FFA500 on #0000FF 4.35:1 AA Large
Aa #008000 on #000000 4.09:1 AA Large
Aa #0000FF on #EE82EE 3.71:1 AA Large
Aa #600000 on #008000 2.73:1 Fail
Aa #FFA500 on #008000 2.60:1 Fail
Aa #0000FF on #000000 2.44:1 Fail
Aa #EE82EE on #FFFFFF 2.32:1 Fail
Aa #008000 on #EE82EE 2.22:1 Fail
Aa #FFFF00 on #EE82EE 2.16:1 Fail
Aa #FFA500 on #FFFFFF 1.97:1 Fail
Aa #FFA500 on #FFFF00 1.84:1 Fail
Aa #008000 on #0000FF 1.67:1 Fail
Aa #600000 on #0000FF 1.63:1 Fail
Aa #600000 on #000000 1.50:1 Fail
Aa #FFA500 on #EE82EE 1.17:1 Fail
Aa #FFFF00 on #FFFFFF 1.07:1 Fail

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